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| Torbay on the edge of poverty? The UK's population at risk listed | Torbay on the edge of poverty? The UK's population at risk listed |
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| Thousands of people live in poverty today - and we've mapped the data in the past. But what about the people who are most at risk of slipping into poverty if things get any worse? | Thousands of people live in poverty today - and we've mapped the data in the past. But what about the people who are most at risk of slipping into poverty if things get any worse? |
| We asked Experian, the information services company, to help us identify that Britain. The result is big parts of the South West of the country, outer London and East Anglia which are on the economy's cliff edge. | |
| The team's Mosaic system uses a combination of the company's data and social indicators to measure how economically 'resilient' different areas are. It works by dividing the population into 67 types of people. | The team's Mosaic system uses a combination of the company's data and social indicators to measure how economically 'resilient' different areas are. It works by dividing the population into 67 types of people. |
| To work out the people most at risk, they removed households that are already in poverty or on out of work benefits from the ranking. That leaves eight types of people who are, says Experian's Bruno Rost: | To work out the people most at risk, they removed households that are already in poverty or on out of work benefits from the ranking. That leaves eight types of people who are, says Experian's Bruno Rost: |
| In essence, what we've done is removed people that automatically fall into the most deprived/ poorest categories and focused on those that are working but suffering high levels of financial stress and have stated that they are finding it very difficult to cope with their current income ie these are the people who are on the cliff edge and should circumstances deteriorate further are the types of people likely to suffer most with a change in fortune | In essence, what we've done is removed people that automatically fall into the most deprived/ poorest categories and focused on those that are working but suffering high levels of financial stress and have stated that they are finding it very difficult to cope with their current income ie these are the people who are on the cliff edge and should circumstances deteriorate further are the types of people likely to suffer most with a change in fortune |
The list is: | The list is: |
| • Self employed trades people, small communities • Mixed communities, single people, small town centres • Upwardly mobile South Asian families in inter war suburbs • Young owners & private renters in inner city terraces • South Asian communities experiencing social deprivation • Low income families occupying poor quality older terraces • Older families in low value housing in traditional industrial areas • Often indebted families living in low rise estates | • Self employed trades people, small communities • Mixed communities, single people, small town centres • Upwardly mobile South Asian families in inter war suburbs • Young owners & private renters in inner city terraces • South Asian communities experiencing social deprivation • Low income families occupying poor quality older terraces • Older families in low value housing in traditional industrial areas • Often indebted families living in low rise estates |
| And that leaves Torbay at the top - but the way the index works means what puts one council higher may not be the same for each one. | And that leaves Torbay at the top - but the way the index works means what puts one council higher may not be the same for each one. |
| In Torbay, 37% of all households fall into the 'at risk' categories identified by the research, which is around 22,000 households. In the case of Torbay these are: mainly indebted families living in low rise estates; mixed communities with many single people in the centres of small towns; self employed trades people living in smaller communities By contrast, Hyndburn, which is second, has a higher number of South Asian communities experiencing social deprivation and low income families occupying poor quality older terraces. | In Torbay, 37% of all households fall into the 'at risk' categories identified by the research, which is around 22,000 households. In the case of Torbay these are: mainly indebted families living in low rise estates; mixed communities with many single people in the centres of small towns; self employed trades people living in smaller communities By contrast, Hyndburn, which is second, has a higher number of South Asian communities experiencing social deprivation and low income families occupying poor quality older terraces. |
| In Brent - Britain's most-mixed borough - it is dominantly upwardly mobile South Asian families living in inter war suburbs. | In Brent - Britain's most-mixed borough - it is dominantly upwardly mobile South Asian families living in inter war suburbs. |
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